Sounds like a good project for the weekend. I was thinking about starting a new crochet and I think I will give these a whirl. As far as knitting goes, my mother-in-law says I am hopeless…and for once I think she is right 😉

You need to use larger needles and cut your tees very thing. Also google a tutorial on making “Tarn” (tee shirt yarn) because only certain types of shirts work and you DO have to do it correctly but it’s very cool. I made a plastic grocery store bag holder out of red tee shirt yarn:)

Lizzie, Thanks, as soon as I left this page I must have googled, and watched so many you tube videos. My only question left is I have seen the type that uses needles, and then there is the one with one needle, and its called Crochet, and you don’t have to thin out the cut up t-shirt.. I learned that you may either Knit, or Crochet, and it looks almost the same but one is much thicker and used for Rugs, but which one did you do Crystal..

I knit and crochet and their is a bigger difference than one being used for rugs. You could do either for this project, although I would think that knitting would be harder and you would need to make the tarn much skinnier.

Laura – I was just going to mention the rug idea. We got a really cute area rug made from fabric scraps as a wedding gift, it was crocheted. I have it by my kitchen sink, it washes up beautifully, and after 11 years it’s just starting to show wear.

I have started crocheting trivets from denim, as well as denim rugs. I am also working on rugs from recycled plastic bags (plarn) and bath rugs from t-shirts (tarn). Guess I’ll add dishcloths too, now!

I did this and made a rug for my bathroom. I crocheted it, though. It’s great, but when you’re cutting the tee shirt it does shed, so make sure your vacuum is handy! I love how the rug turned out! It’s sturdy and thick (I used a double strand method found below, only use tee shirts instead of plastic bags, although the bags are nice, too).